July 9, 2016 Saturday Little Bighorn Battlefield

We left Cody, WY. on July 7th and headed to Little Bighorn.  On the way we stopped and saw a friend who use to work at the Cobb County Police Department.  Too Tall Jones (Robert).  Cindy and I both work with him during out tenure at the police department, Cindy longer than I did.  It was good to see Too Tall (Robert) again.  He has lived in Montana for approximately 21 years now.  My how time flies.  After visiting with Too Tall we continued on to the Garryowen town and found the 7th Ranch RV Park where we are staying.  This is a great RV park.  One of the better ones that we have stayed at.
For the last two days we have toured the Little Bighorn Battle Field where Lt. Col. Custer and the 7th Calvary lost their lives fighting the Indians camped at Little Bighorn.  "The history that is here is amazing and how the US government preserved the area is also amazing.

At the battlefield they also have a National Cemetery where others from Forts that were close have been moved to and also military personal from other wars are buried.  Custer was moved to West Point several years after his death and burial at the battlefield.  They found most of the soldiers three days after the battle and buried them in shallow craves where they fell.

This is called Last Stand Hill.  This is a monument that was placed here to mark the spot where Custer and the 7th Calvary fell.

 Close up of the monument.   All the names are listed here and the Indian Scouts names are also listed.

The red markers were put in the battlefield in the 1980s and they were placed where the Indians fell.  Most of these markers were placed where Indian witness remembered where their leaders and friends fell.  In 1956 several Indians were asked to visit the battlefield and give information to the
superintendent of the park. 

These markers are located throughout the battlefield to mark the places where troops were killed.  In the background you can see where the Indians came from and they surrounded the troops.  The village was in the background where all the green is located (at the top of the Photo).  There were approximately 7,000 Indians camped here.

These are a few of the horses that we saw on and around the battlefield.  Not sure if these are wild horse but it appeared they may be.  There is a ranch bordering the battlefield however.